Efficacy of Low Dose Intravenous Proton Pump Inhibitor for Peptic Ulcer Bleeding

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged 18 years or older who had undergone gastroscopy for melena, hematochezia or hematemesis due to bleeding peptic ulcers were eligible. These eligible patients were required to have a peptic ulcer with bleeding on emergency endoscopy performed within 24 hours after hospitalization Exclusion Criteria: * refusal of endoscopy, gastrointestinal malignancy, Mallory-Weiss syndrome, variceal bleeding, bleeding d/t endoscopic procedure, small bowel bleeding, serious medical disease